Work in Action

VFA's Current Advocacy Activity:​

VFA's executive director, Schylar Baber, authored an op-ed critiquing the proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget, "Invest in Foster Children Today for a Better Tomorrow". Click here to read the piece.

May 2017:

The Child Welfare League of America, Donaldson Adoption Institute, North American Council on Adoptable Children, Voice for Adoption, National Center for Adoption and Permanency, Foster Club, and RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association all affirm a Position Statement on Equality for LGBTQ Families and Youth

June 2017:

VFA's executive director, Schylar Baber, co -authored an op-ed concerning Texas' House Bill 3859 "Texas Law Prioritizes Child Welfare Providers Over Children" with April Dinwoodie, chief executive of the Donaldson Adoption Institute (DAI), and Kimberly Paglino, program director of the DAI, and Mary Boo, executive director of the North American Council on Adoptable Children. Click here to read the piece.

VFA co-authored a letter to the Governor of New York regarding the rights to adopted persons accessing their original birth certificates with The Donaldson Adoption Institute, Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition, Child Welfare League of America, and North American Council on Adoptable Children

VFA authored a letter to the House Appropriations Committee regarding the FY 2018 Budget

VFA has advocated for the passage of:

The Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016

VFA's executive director, Schylar Baber, co-authored an op-ed with Mary Boo, executive director of the North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC), and Rita Soronen, president and CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, to advocate for the passage of the Family First Prevention Services Act. Click here to read the letter

In addition to promoting our advocacy agenda through our own efforts, Voice for Adoption lends its support to advocacy campaigns being run by other organizations. For more information on these campaigns, please use the links below.